Singapore Local News, 2012-01-07

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Police arrest 4 loanshark runners Police arrested four loanshark runners in Ang Mo Kio and Yishun on yesterday. The suspects, all men, are aged between 22 and 47 years old. The 47-year-old suspect was arrested in the Ang Mo Kio Hub vicinity......     Singapore Buddhist Lodge gives out more than S$670,000 to the needy The Singapore Buddhist Lodge (Welfare Foundation) has given out twenty per cent more red packets for the Lunar New Year this year. This amounts to more than S$670,000 - an all-time high since it started distributing red packets in........ DBS' reputation may be hit: Experts DBS Bank's reputation may be hit following a string of fraudulent withdrawals of funds involving 400 of its customers. But the bank's stock price remained resilient yesterday, rebounding quickly after Thursday's losses...... National paddlers join SembCorp volunteers to spring clean homes of needy elderly It is two more weeks to the Lunar New Year and 25 needy elderly in Marsiling got some much needed help in spring-cleaning. One hundred volunteers from SembCorp Industries today rolled up their sleeves and got down to work...... NKF holds first public fundraiser in 6 years The National Kidney Foundation has launched its first major public fundraising campaign in six years. The charity stopped all fundraising activities in 2005 after a scandal involving its then CEO, T T Durai. Instead of........ DBS/POSB should beef up security, say customers Most Singaporeans Channel NewsAsia spoke to said they will continue to use ATMs despite the latest fraud which hit 400 POSB and DBS customers this week. However, they said they expect the bank to beef up ATM security to prevent a........ SMRT CEO resigns immediately Singapore - SMRT president and chief executive officer (CEO) Saw Phaik Hwa resigned yesterday evening with immediate effect, less than a month after the MRT system suffered two of its worst breakdowns on record which led to calls for her to step........ Evidence points to card skimming in DBS ATM fraud Singapore - As DBS branches and ATMs across the island yesterday saw long lines of anxious customers checking if they were among the hundreds of victims who have had thousands of dollars fraudulently withdrawn from their accounts, the Singapore bank .....

Statement on MRT disruptions in Parliament on Monday Parliament will sit on Monday with Transport Minister Lui Tuck Yew making a Ministerial Statement on the disruptions of MRT train services last month. Mr Lui is expected to touch on concerns also raised in nine questions tabled by........     Demand for luxury homes still upbeat despite economic uncertainty Demand for luxury private and public homes in Singapore is still upbeat despite a gloomy economic outlook...... Singapore Buddhist Lodge gives out more than S$670,000 to the needy The Singapore Buddhist Lodge (Welfare Foundation) has given out twenty per cent more red packets for the Lunar New Year this year...... Four loanshark runners arrested Police arrested four loanshark runners in Ang Mo Kio and Yishun on January 6...... National paddlers join SembCorp volunteers to spring clean homes of needy elderly It is two more weeks to the Lunar New Year and 25 needy elderly in Marsiling got some much needed help in spring-cleaning...... NKF launches first major public fundraising campaign in 6 years The National Kidney Foundation has launched its first major public fundraising campaign in six years...... DBS/POSB should beef up ATM security, say customers Most Singaporeans Channel NewsAsia spoke to said they will continue to use ATMs despite the latest fraud which hit 400 POSB and DBS customers this week...... SAF open mobilisation exercise The Defence Ministry is conducting an SAF Open Mobilisation and Civil Resource Requisition Exercise on Saturday...... Carrefour joins shark fin boycott in Singapore French retail giant Carrefour will halt sales of shark fin products in its Singapore outlets after current stocks run out as a supermarket boycott of the delicacy gains steam, media reported Saturday......